New Year Honours 2017
Margaret Mayne MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chair • Board of Governors
“For services to Education.”
Recognised for
Topics
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Mrs. Margaret Ruth MAYNE
Chair, Board of Governors, Banbridge High School
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Down
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2017- Role at the time
- Chair, Board of Governors
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- Down
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 606 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 41% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chair, Board of Governors.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2017
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Staffordshire
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Fife
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West Midlands
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Alan Motion
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Stirling and Falkirk
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Merseyside
“For services to Vulnerable People in Merseyside.”
Albert Leathem
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Antrim
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London
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Down
“For services to the Support of Victims and Survivors in Northern Ireland.”
Alex Menya
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Alex Scott
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Football.”
Alexandra Broadrick
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London
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Alexandra Danson
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Hockey.”
Alice Tai
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Hampshire
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Alison Price
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Alison Swan Parente
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“For services to Charity and Education Sectors.”
Alistair Strachan
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Aberdeenshire
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Allen Matty
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West Midlands
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Alun Morgan
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Cardiff
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Andrew Crichton
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Dawn Tinley
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Caroline Tyerman
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Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
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London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
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Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
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Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2674267. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
Location (Down) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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